Washbasin.



PATENTED JUNE 30, 1908.

T. G. 'COLTON. WASHBASIN.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 31,1907.

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TIBERIUS G. COLTON, OF GRISWOLD, MANITOBA, CANADA.

WASHBASIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 30, 1908.

Application filed July 31, 1907. Serial No. 386,462.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, TIBERIUS O. CoL'roN, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Griswold, in the Province of Manitoba and Dominion-of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements in lVashbasins, of which the to owing is a specification.

This invention relates to wash basins or lavatories, and it has for its object to provide an improved closure for the waste pi e with which this class of devices are usua y provided.

It is customary to attach the plug or clo sure by means of a chain to the basin or to the stand supporting the basin in such a manner that the plug may be readily inserted into the waste pipe; this is objectional for various reasons; the chain is easily broken and the plug lost or displaced; the chain is apt to become coated with lather, causing dirt to adhere, and inducing an unsanitary condition; and in using the basin the plug is apt to become displaced from the pipe, by the hands being tangled with the chain, thus causing the water to escape, and necessitating a fresh supply. These various objections are overcome by the present invention which consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts which will be hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing has been illustrated a simple and preferred -form of the invention; it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations and modifications within the scope of the invention may be resorted to when desired.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a top plan view of a wash basin equipped with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.

Corresponding parts in both figures are denoted by like characters of reference.

The basin 1 is of ordinary construction consisting of a bowl which is set and supported in a stand including a top piece or slab 2. The bowl or basin 1 is provided with the overflow duct 3 and with the waste aperture 4 with which is suitably coupled or connected the waste pipe 5.

6 is a lever, curved to correspond with the interior contour of the bowl or basin, and having connected therewith a plug 7 adapted to form a closure for the waste aperture 4. The lever 6 extends to the upper edge of the front portion of the bowl, and is terminally curved or bent to form a linger piece 8. The lever 6 is hingedly connected with a plate or supporting member 9 which is also curved to correspond with the interior contour of the bowl upon which. it is secured, near the upper edge of the rear portion of said bowl, by means of belts or rivets 10.

It will be seen. that the top piece or slab 2 with which the bowl is connected extends slightly beyond the rim or upper edge of the bowl, so as to form an imvard extending flange 11; the bent portion or finger piece 8 of the lever 6 will readily enter into locking engagement with said flange, thus securing said lever in position with the plug 7 engaging the aperture 4, the inherent resiliency of the lever tending to hold it in looking ongagement with the flange 11. By pressui'e upon the free end of the lever it may be readily disengaged and raised to the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, thus disengaging the plug 7 from the aperture 1 and permitting the water contained in the bowl or basin to escape.

The plate or supporting member 9 may be advantageously utilized for clamping or securing in position upon the rear wall of the wash bowl a soap cup or receptacle 12 which has been shown as provided with apertures or drip openings 13 and with a downward extending flange 14 inserted and clamped between the plate 9 and the adjacent face of the wash bowl. In this manner, a soap cup or receptacle may be conveniently secured in a position where all drippings are discharged directly into the wash bowl or basin, and whereby cleanliness and sanitation are obviously promoted.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new is A wash bowl having a waste aperture, a supporting member secured in the bowl, a soap cup having a llange clamped between the supporting member and the bowl, a lever pivoted upon the supporting member, and an iaperture engaging plug mounted upon the ever.

TIBERIUS C. OOLTON.

WVitnesses l/VILLIAM PARSONS DORA LANG. 

